May 3, 1989: Hundreds support benefit for missing CNC students

Two hundred people and approximately 38 companies came together April 22 at Victory Lanes in Grafton to let Dick Call and Jo Ann Hailey and their families know that someone still cares and wants to help them in their search for their lost children.

Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey, students at Christopher Newport College, disappeared on the Colonial Parkway in April 1988. So far, no information about their whereabouts has surfaced.

The bowling participants ranged in size from the dimunitive Olympic gymnast, Hope Spivey, to a 7-foot-tall Spuds MacKenzie. The companies were as large as Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and as small as A Logo For You, a small custom embroidery shop in Williamsburg.Wayne Morris, an Anheuser-Busch employee organized the Celebrity Benefit Bowling Tournament with help from the following volunteers: Joy Kesler, Tom Carpini, Donna Sigmon, Gerry Provencher, Monty Guin, Joy Steele, Carrie Romeo, Helene Coppa, Kathy Downer, John Watkins, Sharon Guin, Shirley Cawthon, Bobby Holloman, Carl Adamo and Annabelle Provencher.

The tournament featured 40 teams, three of which were local celebrities. The celebrities included: Norm Snead, former NFL quarterback; Hope Spivey, Roger Cawthon, former Channel 13 sports reporter, who also served as master of ceremonies for the event; Skeeter Heath, professional golfer; Mitch Snow, professional wrestler; Terry Osborne, Miss Virginia 1977; Molly Goodrich Thomas, Miss Hampton/Newport News 1982; Terry Kirby, Tabb High School's top running back; Kathy Cawthon, author; Rich Follett, singer and Harry Knight, former member of the Canadian Football League.